Adam Probolsky

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BIOGRAPHY

Mr. Probolsky is Chairman and CEO of Probolsky Research LLC a California based firm with offices in Orange County and Sacramento. He is a pollster with over fifteen years of experience.

Mr. Probolsky is a past Planning Commissioner and former Finance Commissioner for the City of Irvine. As Planning Commissioner, he had decision making authority over billions of dollars in development, transportation and infrastructure projects.

As a past chairman of the Irvine Valley College Foundation, Mr. Probolsky has overseen fund raising and the award of hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships to students. Mr. Probolsky has served on the County of Orange Waste Management Commission, where he oversaw landfills, recycling programs and waste hauling companies. As a member of the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Environmental Mitigation and Oversight Committee, Mr. Probolsky oversees the expenditure of over $200 million in public transportation funds. Mr. Probolsky is a past volunteer spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

Mr. Probolsky is a member of the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Orange County and the California Republican Party’s Initiatives Committee.

Research conducted by Mr. Probolsky and articles written by him have been featured on FoxNews Channel, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, the Chicago Sun Times, the Riverside Press Enterprise, The Hill, National Review Online and dozens of other newspapers and periodicals. Additionally, Mr. Probolsky has been a guest on news and public affairs television programs including the KTLA Channel 5 morning show and Inside OC on KOCE public television.

COMMENTARIES

Ah, Now That's Leadership

By Adam D. Probolsky | 05/15/08

The current policy in Mission Viejo is to provide lifetime health care benefits to retiring city council members AND their spouses if they are at least 50 years old and have served twelve or more years.Council Member Frank Ury has placed on Monday night's upcoming city council agenda an item that would repeal this policy.Local elective office is volunteer service in many ways. Even though city council members in most Orange County cities... read more »

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McCarty Limited Scope, Limted Support

By Adam D. Probolsky | 05/12/08

Voters in the 64th Assembly District are getting a better picture of Kelly McCarty's shaky "Republican" credentials.They probably all know by now that McCarty has supported some of California's most liberal politicians in the past via her special interest PAC - including Jerry Brown, Cruz Bustamante, Jose Solario and John Garemendi.Even so, some voters may have been willing to let that slide. After all, those donations were provided while... read more »

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Limited Return: Donald Ritze

By Adam D. Probolsky | 05/12/08

I just cast my Vote-by-Mail ballot and voted to re-elect my county supervisor Bill Campbell.Supervisor Campbell is an honorable man, who has the respect of everyone who has ever met him. He brings a calming voice to any public policy discussion.His votes on the board of supervisors have proven to be good and prudent. And he is a remarkable accessible elected official.So why then would he draw a challenger in June's Primary... read more »

0 Comments | Related Topics »Orange County (CA) | 2008 Elections | Politics Behind the Orange Curtain | The 5th Floor |

Watch Rep. Calvert TONIGHT on Lou Dobbs

By Adam D. Probolsky | 04/23/08

Congressman Ken Calvert is scheduled to be on **CNN with Lou Dobbs tonight at 7pm.** Dobbs of course is a pretty rabidly anti-illegal immigration so I suspect that will be the topic they discuss. Calvert is the author of the Basic Pilot Program that has allowed employers to check and make sure names and social security numbers provided by job applicants match. It has been a great tool in preventing fraud. The program also makes it much... read more »

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Watch Rep. Calvert TONIGHT on Lou Dobbs

By Adam D. Probolsky | 04/23/08

Congressman Ken Calvert is scheduled to be on CNN with Lou Dobbs tonight at 7pm. Dobbs of course is a pretty rabidly anti-illegal immigration so I suspect that will be the topic they discuss. Calvert is the author of the Basic Pilot Program that has allowed employers to check and make sure names and social security numbers provided by job applicants match. It has been a great tool in preventing fraud. The program also makes it much... read more »

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G-d forbid I want to make a call

By Adam D. Probolsky | 04/16/08

I don't know Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) or Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) but I have a feeling that we would not get a long very well.It seems that they want to criminalize the act of making a cel phone call in flight. It is so outrageous that I find it hard to believe they really believe in the legislation."The public doesn't want to be subjected to people talking on their cellphones on an already over-packed airplane," said Rep. Peter... read more »

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Flash Report and Lincoln Club Bringing Weintraub to OC

By Adam D. Probolsky | 03/31/08

This governor confounds a lot of us. And the donor community that has blindly followed him and continues to do so, is even more intriguing to me. Luckily we have the knowledge and insight of Dan Weintraub, Sacramento Bee columnist to explain it all to us.The Flash Report and the Lincoln Club of Orange County have teamed up to bring Weintraub to Orange County later this month (April 23rd). The evening event hosted by the Inland... read more »

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Hegyi: Out raises opponents

By Adam D. Probolsky | 03/25/08

Paul Hegyi, is chief of staff to OC Assemblyman Van Tran and he is running for State Assembly in the Sacramento Area (Assembly District 10) where he lives.Hegyi has long-standing ties to Orange County having been a staffer and political activist in OC on and off for years.His campaign got a big boost this week when the latest round of campaign disclosure filings showed that Hegyi who raised over $30,000 out raised his opponents both of whom have... read more »

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Janet Nguyen has nothing to do with Tran's Assembly race

By Adam D. Probolsky | 03/06/08

The previous post on OCBlog suggests that Supervisor Janet Nguyen is somehow working on things other than her own re-election.NOT TRUE.A simple reading of the candidate log at Registrar of Voters show that Pham is running for OC Board of Education against Felix Rocha Jr, the incumbent. read more »

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No Money: What are they (Trung and Dina Nguyen) thinking???

By Adam D. Probolsky | 02/22/08

As a supporter of/consultant to Supervisor Janet Nguyen I look at things like what the "competition" is up to.Well it turns out this year that the competition is pretty weak.According to the July - December 2007 campaign financial filings, Trung Nguyen the school board trustee that lost to Janet last year, has raised NO MONEY (other than a loan of just under $3000 from himself to his committee).In fact he has outstanding debt of over... read more »